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#76 2011-05-29 05:56:42
- bobbym
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
Times both sides by 14.
Next step you do.
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#77 2011-05-29 08:03:51
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
140 = 62311 + -31x
Add '31x' to each side of the equation.
140 + 31x = 62311 + -31x + 31x
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#78 2011-05-29 08:04:54
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
-31x + 31x = 0
140 + 31x = 62311 + 0
140 + 31x = 62311
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#79 2011-05-29 08:06:39
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
Add '-140' to each side of the equation.
140 + -140 + 31x = 62311 + -140
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#80 2011-05-29 08:07:41
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
140 + -140 = 0
0 + 31x = 62311 + -140
31x = 62311 + -140
62311 + -140 = 62171
31x = 62171
Divide each side by '31'.
x = 2005.
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#81 2011-05-29 08:08:41
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
x = 2005.516129
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#82 2011-05-29 08:14:45
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
That is correct. Very good.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#83 2011-05-29 08:16:22
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
thanx for all the help 
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#84 2011-05-29 08:47:29
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
Your welcome. I think you learned how to do it. Do not forget to thank Bob Bundy too when you see him.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#85 2011-05-29 22:50:04
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
i wont
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#86 2011-05-30 06:30:03
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Re: Point Slope Form of an Equation
hi zee-f
These last two posts made me laugh. I wonder when you will 'see me'? Maybe it'll happen one day (and I look forward to it! ) but, in the meantime, here is a suggestion for you.
It seems to me, looking at your struggles with these questions, that you would have got on much better if the numbers had been simpler to start with. And plottable on a graph where the axes go from -10 to +10.
If you would like some practice with such problems, I'm happy to make some up for you and check your answers. I'll start with an easy one to give you some confidence, and gradually make them harder at a pace that suits you.
If you would like this, please post back.
Bob
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you! …………….Bob
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